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Ann Dorn, whose husband officer David Dorn was fatally shot amid unrest in St Louis earlier this year, addressed the Republican convention.
“I re-live that horror in my mind every single day,” Dorn said. “My hope is that having you re-live it with me now will help shake this country from the nightmare we are witnessing in our cities and bring about positive, peaceful change.”
As the RNC carries on, hundreds of protestors have gathered outside the White House at the recently renamed Black Lives Matter Plaza. Demonstrators have been playing music, dancing, and chanting “Trump/Pence out now!”
Activists covered a portion of the street a sign that reads: “Trump lies all the time”.
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